Pay $15 to attend the “Politics in the Park Hob Nob” at Feather Sound Country Club in Clearwater on July 31 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event allows local, state and federal candidates to set up informational tables for their campaings and to talk with voters. Deborah Clark, the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections, will also attend to conduct a straw poll.

Sponsors include by the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce and the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce.

“It is important for us to take every opportunity we can to get to know our candidates,” says Chris Steinocher, CEO of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce. “These are the people who will shape our community in the coming years, and we better know who they are and what they’re all about.”

Find more information about the event at: www.stpete.com/events/event_details.asp?id=240592 or www.clearwaterflorida.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1379.

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